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Post-racial eh?

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ilbbaicnl

Suppose your doctor tells you there's a new pill that will cut your skin cancer risk by more than 90%. The one side effect is it will make you as dark as Clarence Thomas. Do you take it?

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twentyfive

Will it make you handsome as Idris Elba too?

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ilbbaicnl

@25 gene editing would likely be involved, but not that advanced.

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Lex Luthor

If it would make me as intelligent as Clarence Thomas, too, then the answer is yes.

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twentyfive

^ don’t you mean “Long Dong Silver”

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nicespice

If I can negotiate cutting breast and lung and colon (is that the one rising for those below 40 years old?) cancer as well, then I’ll make that deal. Otherwise, probably not

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ilbbaicnl

It would deactivate the I-can-never-follow-the-thread-premise gene.

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ilbbaicnl

BTW, on average, there is a 20% chance of getting skin cancer. The lighter your skin is, the higher the risk.

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